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Norman Knoche (*1977) was born and raised in Wernigerode (East Germany). He was 12 years old when he moved to Goettingen (Germany) in 1989. He´s been living there until 2007. He was young, not sure about what he´s going to do in the future. That´s why he learned a reliable trade. He´s cook by trade.
Fundamentally formative indeed have been his numerous tours across all continentents to gain an overview of what the world´s got to offer. Before the... Read more
Norman Knoche (*1977) was born and raised in Wernigerode (East Germany). He was 12 years old when he moved to Goettingen (Germany) in 1989. He´s been living there until 2007. He was young, not sure about what he´s going to do in the future. That´s why he learned a reliable trade. He´s cook by trade.
Fundamentally formative indeed have been his numerous tours across all continentents to gain an overview of what the world´s got to offer. Before the German reunification he was not allowed to travel due to the political situation, as he told me.
Everything else worthy of note concerning his career as a DJ will follow now. In the 90′s Norman was influenced by the sounds being played at very famous locations like “The Hanomag”, Hannover and the legendary location in Kassel, “Aufschwung Ost”, later on renamed into “Stammheim”. Certainly those artists who had been playing there had a grave impact on his own musical output. That´s why he is a Techno-DJ now, he insinuates.
Being a DJ necessitates a set of turntables at home, he thought, at least at that time. It was the year 1993 when he digged up his first 2 Technics-SL-1200-MK2s and a mixer. The DJ thing could start evolving. He started playing Goa, practicising his skills, followed by a smooth transition to Techno. DJing has never been intented to be a job, it was just a hobby, although he used to play at numerous underground-events under a different moniker.
A real turning point in his life has been the birth of his son in 2004. The family life caused a break. This break took 6 years until 2010. There we go now. He couldn´t refrain from DJing any longer. In 2010 he gave his career a successful kick-start, still not acting under duress, still not with the concrete aim to earn money or even to make a job out of it. But things developed, Norman was often in the right place at the right time.
It was still in 2010 when he set up an account at Soundcloud and uploaded his first dj-set since years – called “Schraubenexpress” – under his new moniker “Starwin Marvin” with no special expectations. The moniker is derived from a charakter from the popular TV series South Park, Starvin Marvin. It´s been the feedback that led him to the idea there might be a market for his preferred sound. 1000 plays within 2 weeks speak for themselves. From that point on he uploaded a dj-set every month to his soundcloud to check out whether or not he´s having a realistic perspective to take his career to another level. Yes, there was this realistic perspective he estimated. After practicising his dj-skills the chance was given to play out again – the first gig in august 2010 as Starwin Marvin, the first since 2004. It was a resounding success. One reason surely is his philosophy of defining his DJ-sets based on the creation of suspense, and track selection. It was this approach that moved him closer to the now well-known Klubsport Bonn-network, which has been responsible for hosting this event @ Club Pissrinne in Bonn.
The next gig was in prospect – Würburg, “Excessive Beats”, more than 500 ravers who completely flipped out during his darkish Techno-set.
It was the right time to strengthen his profile in the region. Back in octobre 2010 he started hosting a weekly live radio show called Grenzgänger at www.phono.fm which has been one of the most successful shows hosted at PHONO.FM. The show follows the styles and tunes established or even not established in the border area.. Big names like Superstrobe and Hardfloor have been his guests, but also young talented newcomers such as Bassador or Brina La Duracelle. Again and again he’s been using his show to play styles that do not fit his standard repertoire.
As already mentioned Norman has been in the right place at the right time for more than one time, as it was with the next big step in his career. Since February 2011, he is under contract with the cologne based booking agency “Cologne Minimal” which is headed by Daniel Gabler, one part of the popular duo Gabler & Rekorder again. He just sent in a promo-mix and signed a contract briefly after. It can be so simple if the quality is right and the philosophies fit together. Show less
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